Leaf phenology in 22 North American tree species during the 21st century

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 961-975

  Morin, Xavier ^a,b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^b   Augspurger, Carol ^c   O'keefe, John ^d   Viner, David ^e   Chuine, Isabelle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Comparative analysis; Geographical distribution; Leaf phenology; North America; Process based modeling; Trees

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DORMANCY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEAF; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 61449181371     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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